A Challenge of Numbers

A Challenge of Numbers

People in the Mathematical Sciences

  • Author: Madison, Bernard L.
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309041904
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309596022
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1990
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 136
  • DDC: 510
  • Language: English

A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of mathematical talent is crucial not only to the future of U.S. mathematics but also as a keystone supporting a technological workforce. Trends in the mathematical sciences' most valuable resource—its people—are presented narratively, graphically, and numerically as an information base for policymakers and for those interested in the people in this not very visible, but critical profession.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Introduction and Historical Perspective
  • 2 The U.S. Labor Force and Higher Education
  • 3 College and University Mathematical Sciences
  • 4 Majors in Mathematics and Statistics
  • 5 Mathematical Scientists in the Workplace
  • 6 Issues and Implications
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix Tables

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